also i'd really like to see madman cinema bring out dellamorte dellamore on dvd but i'm told it was already released here under another the name "of death and love" ..i've never seen a copy of it anywhere though, at all. it's the best zombie movie ever made imo.

The Legend of Gingko (Korean)
Another Heaven (Japan)
Wild Zero (Japan)
anything from Takeshi Miike (anything that is that will make it through the censors and arrive uncut).
I also second the nominations of Dellamorte Dellamore (Italian in English)
and Alice (Japan)._________________-Now, light our darkest hour

Ping Pong- Who needs really "sporty" sport films?
Twins Effect- Apparently the film doesn't quite deliver all that it could, but it still sounds fun. Vampire hunters, Ekin Cheng, Cameo by Jackie Chan.. ^___^
Bangkok Dangerous- a deaf and mute hitman grows out of his hate for the world. It sounds really coo... 1999 and Thai I believe.

I also say The twins Effect.
Even though i can get it for $15 and will be next time i order. I do beleive madman will get money out of this movie as.... IT'S REALLY DAMN GOOD!
and its got charlene and gillian from twins in it, who are one of my favorite chinese groups/singers (what ever you want to call 2 girls that sing together) , let alone they are quite attractive girls too. _________________Everything was in someone's hands........

Having read the review (thanks) I take back my request for Perfect Blue. I'd like to replace it with a suggestion for Naked Weapon if that's ok?

Here is a review of the UK HKL release. Maybe I'll even import it based on that review.

- mib

Edit: I'd also like to lodge a complaint against whomever removed the underlines from inline links in the html, AND made the visited links almost the same colour as the regular text. Can we please have a color change so the links actually stand out? (I underlined this one by hand.)

Having read the review (thanks) I take back my request for Perfect Blue. I'd like to replace it with a suggestion for Naked Weapon if that's ok?

mib, you can suggest more then one thing, as far as i know, you can suggest 100 things. I assume madman will be getting what most people ask for, thats why we need more votes for Alice, which everyone does love, they are probably just the people that arn't comming into this thread.

Oh, and Naked weapon already has an R4 rental release out now, so either it's out for sale now in Australia or will be out for sale within the next few months. So you needn't need to ask madman to release something that is or soon to be released in australia anyway _________________Everything was in someone's hands........

After reading a review for Ping Pong I'd like to cast my vote. When you mean Vampire Hunters do you mean Tsui Hark's Vampire Hunters because Columbia Tristar have released that in R4. I unfortunately missed Bangkok Dangerous this month but it sounds promising.
While I already own the Killer Eastern Eye may be interested in releasing the John Woo Collection. It is a 2 disc set featuring the Killer and Hard Boiled. I'm not sure if it still exists but it was available in the US a few years ago from Winstar Video._________________-Now, light our darkest hour

Zatoichi - JAPAN - Takeshi Project.
Exploits of a blind swordsman. See thread for links to trailers and website.

Samurai ,I, II + III The Legend of Musashi - JAPAN - Trilogy based on Musashi novel by Eiji Yoshikawa. Stars Toshiro Mifune (in many Kurosawa movies) and also the first part won the 1955 Academy Award for Best Froeign Film.

Once more- PLEASE DISCUSS IN OTHER THREADS. This is straight up suggestions. I want this topic to be neat and easy for MM staff to read- not having to surf through. Think seriously about all that you suggest, and don't just list your top 10 films. List a few, and please do SOME research to see if it would be available.

(From website]In a nutshell, the movie is about how a young man in his early 30s returns to the village where he spent his childhood after living in the city for 10 years. Back in the village, he meets his first love. It's a story somewhat similar to Chinese writer Zhang Chengzhi's classic novel "Hei Junma (The Black Steed, or A Mongolian Tale)."

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(Comments from Website) A co-production with Steven Spielberg, this collection of eight vignettes, each bringing to life scenarios dreamed by Kurosawa, deals with mankind's relationship with forces beyond human understanding. These beautifully rendered tales, linked only by a solitary observer, carry the viewer away into Kurosawa's mind, where images both fanciful and disturbing dwell. Enchanted foxes, tree spirits, frightful ghosts and Martin Scorcese as Vincent Van Gogh are just a few of the wondrous (and often strange) inhabitants of Kurosawa's dreamworld.

Operation Pink Squad 2 1989 - HK The follow up that is just absolutely bizarre. A comedy/horror flick that was shown last night as the Cult Movie. Brilliant stuff, I really couldn't stop laughing at all the sexual innuendos, and just the plot itself. Worth a look.

Operation Pink Squad 2 1989 - HK The follow up that is just absolutely bizarre. A comedy/horror flick that was shown last night as the Cult Movie. Brilliant stuff, I really couldn't stop laughing at all the sexual innuendos, and just the plot itself. Worth a look.

While I wouldn't buy it on DVD I must admit that Operation Pink Squad 2 was hilarious. Two particular highlights included the guy getting beaten up for not using a condom and the parody of John Woo's A Better Tomorrow._________________-Now, light our darkest hour

Unfortunately, Miramax (aka Disney) has bought Shaolin Soccer. I think it was late last year or early this year - I remember it being on BBC World News. I think they're re-cutting it, calling it Kung Fu Soccer, and giving it a rap soundtrack (like they did turning Jet Li's Hitman into the gangstaz-friendly Contract Killer). From what I believe, this means it will either be very hard to get licensing or impossible to get it, but I'm not the expert on this.

Miramax also own Hero and all Jet Li films.

In response to other posts - lots of great suggestions! Keep em coming.

I'm not familar with Parasite Eve, Kakuto and Nuan (sounds very "Yimou") - will check into them.

Unfortunately, Miramax (aka Disney) has bought Shaolin Soccer. I think it was late last year or early this year - I remember it being on BBC World News. I think they're re-cutting it, calling it Kung Fu Soccer, and giving it a rap soundtrack (like they did turning Jet Li's Hitman into the gangstaz-friendly Contract Killer). From what I believe, this means it will either be very hard to get licensing or impossible to get it, but I'm not the expert on this.

Apart from Kurosawa's catalog (I see Yojimbo has been announced for future release. MM better get Sanjuro as well! Releasing Yojimbo without following up with Sanjuro is like selling a bicycle that has a wheel missing), I'd really really really like to see Chushingura, the movie of one of Japan's most popular samurai folk stories, The Fourty Seven Ronin.

There's also the three movie series of Musashi Miyamoto: Samurai 1, Musashi Miyamoto, Samurai 2 Duel at Ichijoji Temple, Samurai 3 Duel at Ganryu Island. Musashi is considered one the greatest Japanese swordsmen to have ever lived.